Barrow Gurney

Coordinates: 51°24′16″N 2°40′04″W / 51.4045°N 2.6678°W / 51.4045; -2.6678
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Barrow Gurney
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51°24′16″N 2°40′04″W / 51.4045°N 2.6678°W / 51.4045; -2.6678

Barrow Gurney is a village and

civil parish includes Barrow Common, and has a population of 349.[1]

It is close to Barrow Gurney Reservoirs, which supply drinking water for Bristol, and feed the Land Yeo which runs alongside the B3130 through the village. It was also the site of Barrow Hospital.

History

The

Dieppe
and Paris.

The parish was part of the

Hartcliffe.[2]

A Benedictine nunnery was established here about the commencement of the 13th century by one of the Fitz-Hardinges (or Fitzhardinge).[3][4]

Thomas de Gournay was involved with the murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle in 1327.[5]

There were three mills on the Land Yeo in Barrow Gurney. The Upper Barrow Mill, which had an Overshot water wheel, was a Gristmill which is known to have been operating in 1839. By 1866 it was running as a corn mill, and ceased operation by 1935. The Middle Mill was converted to snuff manufacture by Peter Lilly a tobacconist from Bristol around 1800 and became part of the W.D. & H.O. Wills tobacco manufacturing company. It ceased mill operations by 1839 and by 1885 both the leat and millpond had disappeared. The Lower Mill is known have been grinding corn in the 19th century. It was rebuilt in 1909 when an iron overshot watermill of 14 feet (4.3 m) diameter was installed and steam power introduced. The mill is still used to produce animal feeds, however the waterwheel and millpond, which remain, are no longer in use.[6]

Second World War the hospital was commandeered by the Royal Navy and became a Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital before being transferred to the National Health Service in 1948.[7] In 2003 the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust announced its intention to close Barrow Hospital by 2008. In 2008 planning permission was granted build 18 luxury homes and 405,000sq ft of office space on the southern part of the site. In 2010, plans were amended to include a 220-bed care home 'village' on the northern part of the site, more housing and fewer offices.[8]

Governance

The

playing fields and playgrounds
, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also of interest to the council.

The parish falls within the

Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service
.

North Somerset's area covers part of the

county of Avon.[9] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Long Ashton Rural District.[10]

The parish is represented in the

MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation
.

Religious sites

The parish

Church of St Mary and St Edward and Barrow Court manor house chapel have 12th-century origins but were virtually rebuilt by Henry Woodyer 1887–90 for Henry Martin Gibbs son of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[11]

Culture

It is mentioned in the song 'Drink up thy Zider' by The Wurzels - the reference is to going to see his brother Ernie in the Barrow Hospital.

Barrow Gurney Cricket Club was founded in 1874 and moved to its current site in Hobbs Lane in the 1950s, recent improvements to the pavilion and grounds have made it widely considered as one of the most attractive places in play cricket in North Somerset. The club currently has 2 adult teams playing in the Bristol & District League and a Midweek team playing in the Bristol Midweek League. All teams are open to male and female players.

It is well known in the Bristol area as a shortcut to Bristol Airport, despite very narrow roads and heavy traffic calming measures that are clearly intended to discourage this.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Barrow Gurney". GenUKI. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  4. ^ "The Priory of Barrow Gurney". British History Online. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  5. ^ Manco, J. (1995) The Parish of Englishcombe: A History, pp. 2, 4.
  6. ^ Bodman, Martin. "Mills on the Land Yeo" (PDF). Nailsea and District Local History Society. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  7. ^ "The Derelict Miscellany : Barrow Hospital". Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Care village for old hospital site". North Somerset Times. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  10. ^ "Long Ashton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Church of St Mary and St Edward". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

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